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A Knesset member from the party of «Bayt Yehudi» Bezalel Smotrich convinced that it is impossible to call the Israeli citizen who committed a crime on the grounds of national hatred, «terrorist.» The Walla News site notes that this view was expressed by the Deputy in a group conversation in WhatsApps in which was discussed the information about the arrest of suspects in the arson of a house in the Arab village of Duma.

During the correspondence, which is quoted by the Walla News website, a Knesset member said that the arson attack in the Arab village, despite the gravity of this crime, was not a terrorist attack. The politician stressed that he is categorically opposed to the comparison between the actions of the «Arab enemies» and the actions committed by Jews. He stressed that the actions of the Jews not the Jewish state be classified as terror.

According to the publication, in a group conversation in WhatsApps discussed approval of a neighbor of one of the detainees on suspicion of terror on his innocence.

Request to the Walla News the MP said: if it is proved that the fire in the house of the Arab family was the result of arson committed by Jews, of course, necessary to judge those responsible to the fullest extent of the law. However, he still insisted that such actions can be classified as a terrorist act. Because terror is the enemies waged war against Israel.